The museum's reopening serves as a symbolic display of stability ahead of planned elections in 2026, one expert told NBC News.

From Homer to Philostratus, Ancient Greek sources describe Pygmies as dwarves at the world’s edge, fighting cranes and living ...

The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, arriving roughly 2000 years ago and not because of the Paleolithic expansion of Near East farmers. The findings ...

A newly created high-resolution map of the roads that threaded across the Roman Empire charts the ancient network from Great Britain to North Africa and has added more than 60,000 miles of roads that ...

GIZA, Egypt — They’re the crown jewels of the Grand Egyptian Museum — two galleries devoted to the ancient pharaoh Tutankhamun. Showcasing more than 5,300 objects from the young king’s tomb, including ...

When Thérèse M’Boungoubaya set out to launch her bodycare brand Koba, she knew she wanted it to be rooted in natural, African-sourced ingredients — a nod to her Congolese roots (both her parents were ...

The State Department has told Fox News Digital it is working to reduce the "national security" threat to the U.S. from China’s domination of the rare earth minerals market, with new signs that Africa ...

Once a dominant power of ancient Africa, the Empire of Aksum ruled trade routes stretching from the Red Sea to India. This film uncovers how its wealth, faith, and influence shaped history before ...

These are bad times for democracy. Strongmen, from Vladimir Putin in Russia to Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey, are flexing their muscles. In America and India democratically elected leaders are ...

Turns out Toby’s new trick is thousands of years old. A pair of recently discovered fossils from Africa has immortalized a small critter’s 126,000-year-old butt-dragging habit, according to ...

Ahmed Shawkat is a CBS News producer based in Cairo. He has worked for CBS News since 2016, prior to which he worked with several European networks including TVE, ZDF, SVT and Yle. The ...

A handful of teeth unearthed in Ethiopia has led to the discovery of a new species of human ancestor. The finding, announced in August in the journal Nature, began with a Valentine’s Day trek seven ...